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The need for air-conditioning in high-rise office building(Case study: Nairobi Central Business District)
(University Of Nairobi, 2008-06)
Optimization of power plant dispatch and capacity expansion in Kenya
(2008)
The need to study the Kenyan national power system with a VIew to minimising environmental emissions and energy production costs in the present and the long-term was identified. The overall objective ...
An Investigation Into Land Registration Process and Its Effects on Urban Land Development
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The history of land policies from the time of colonial administrators to the time of development planners and reform programmes (resettlement schemes, adjudication and demarcation for registration purposes) underscores the ...
GIS in facilities management: A Case Study of the U-block at the Kenya Polytechnic University College
(2008)
GIS-based Facility Management Systems (FMS) offer several advantages over the
traditional analogue mode and/or Computer-Aided Design (CAD)-based systems.
For instance, they can integrate a campus location and facility ...
Geographical information systems (GIS) database for ruma women development group
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Geographical Information systems (GIS) are becoming a powerful tool for use in the
management of resources within the Community Based Organizations (CBO’s). Ruma
Women Development Group (RWDG) is a CBO which manages its ...
The effect of industrial emissions on building materials
(2008-07)
Land in an urban area can be put to various uses. However, a problem is
bound to arise when incompatible land uses are located together.
This work sets out to study the impact that the industries in Shimanzi have had
on ...
A study of knowledge management application in property management in Kenya
(2008)
The business environment is constantly evolving, and this was especially evident in the
late zo" century. The new business environment included changes like globalisation,
increased use of technology, cultural and gender ...
A study to determine the level of tenant satisfaction with facilities offered in office parks. (case study: Nairobi Area).
(University of Nairobi, 2008-06)
This study sought to determine the level of tenant satisfaction with facilities
offered in office parks in Kenya. This include establishing the adequacy of the
available facilities for tenants purposes, examining ...
Institutional problems and constraints in land utilization in the peri-urban areas of Mavoko municipality: a case of Namanga road -Stony Athi corridor
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Planning for peri-urban areas has always posed many problems such as loss of agricultural
land, lack of control, inadequate facilities, development pressures, lack of adequate data for land
use changes, conflicting land ...
Planning in multicultural urban communities: the Eastleigh North case
(2008)
Aside from the characteristic urban pattern of high, middle, and low-income
areas, Nairobi's postcolonial landscape is also layered by localities with
predominant ethnic communities. With over fifty ethnic communities ...